Man In Full Wig

Wedgwood

About 1793

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Obverse: Head of King Louis XVIII of France (1755-1824; 1814 King) in profile right. Reverse: The marble statue at Versailles depicting the Duke of Berry as a dying warrior in the arms of Faith.
Curved frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of four Dancing Hours figures, all on a thin ground.
Small enameled copper bonbonnière in the shape of a bird with white body and blue and yellow wings and green on the back, with brown under the yellow beak, the underside painted with a floral spray, with gilt metal mounts.
Bust in profile left.